She says she's been labelled "dead meat,'' a "useless tit,'' a "dumb broad.''

In a member statement to the house Tuesday, Jansen recounted some of the comments she said have been directed to her since she crossed the floor to the NDP from the Progressive Conservatives last week.

She said she had been labelled "dead meat,'' a "useless tit,'' a "dumb broad'' and told that she should stay in the kitchen.

Jansen said such harassment and abuse thinly hides violent intent and can scare off women seeking to make a contribution in public life.

Sandra Jansen says abuse she endured in the Alberta PC Party influenced her decision to leave. (Photo: Dean Bennett/The Canadian Press)

"Let us be strong and clear in our resolve that no matter where we sit along political lines we stand together against this,'' Jansen told the house.

"In our words and our actions every day from all sides if we don't feed it, we must oppose it.